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Greening Your OfficeGreening Your Office
Megen RehahnMichael Sensiba
 
Computers/ServersComputers/Servers
Configure your computerfor standby/sleep mode
Don’t use screensavers
 Turn your monitor off when youstep away
 
Laptops draw 1/10 the power of a desktop computer.Connecting a laptop to a conventional monitor will still savealmost 1/2 the energy of a standard computer.
 
Paper/PrintingPaper/Printing
Minimize handouts(digital equivalents)
Use both sides of the paper, reusescrap paper
Edit digitally (track changes)
Print only what you need (cut andpaste)
Reduce margins, font size if youcan
Use recycled paper (uses 60% lessenergy)
 Try GreenPrint
 
According to a study done by the Penn State Green DestinyCouncil, reducing margins to .75” on all sides results in a totalreduction of paper by 4.75%.... If everyone used EfficientMargins,
every year
we would save 6,156,000 trees.
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